Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Mama that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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All that you did was wrong
or
All that you did was weird
All that you did was love
All the boys would sit and stare
I wonder if they're really dead
All the boys would sit and stare
I wonder if they really cared
And all the sushi I've done with a smurf on the run
But the s*** that I've done with this f*** of a gun
And just you mind, you're mad as a web.
And just you mind your manners when
And when we go down famous
We'll let the fires just faze us.
And when we go
Don't blame us
We'll let the fires just bathe us.
And when we go
Don't blame us
We'll let the fire just fade us.
And when we go
Don't blame us
We'll let the fires just bathe us.
But the sheet that I've done with a smurf and a gun
But there's s*** that I've done with this f*** of a gun
Catching me in places that I knew I shouldn't pee
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be
Hat times, I feel so sad
OR
Half the time I feel so sad
At times I feel so sad
I know that's true, I guarantee it
And love that's true and guaranteed
I'm just a recording, sweetheart
And maybe they'll sing you a song
But there's s*** that I've done with this fall forgiven
And if you would call me your sweetheart
I'd maybe then sing you a song
But there's s*** that I've done with this f*** of a gun,
This is what happens when I listen to a song a bunch of times during school with people talking loudly all the time, but never at home where I can actually, and clearly, hear what the singer is saying. :x
If you could count on the infection
They can amputate it well
If you could coddle the infection
They can amputate at once
In the heat and the stink of the city
In the heat and the steam of the city
Laa-Laa, I love you
Mama, I love you
The misheard lyrics make sense, since Laa-Laa is one of the Teletubbies who, like the Spice Girls, are British.
Mama, I love you, Mama, I can Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend
Mama, I love you, Mama, I care Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend
Mama, I love you, Mama, I can Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend
Mama, I love you, Mama, I care Mama, I love you, Mama, my friend
Now that I love you
Now that I care
Mama, I love you
Mama, I care
Oh I'll make you pay, make you go away.
Oh, make the pain, make it go away.
Oh I'll make you pay
Make you go all the way.
Oh, oh make the pain
Make it go away.
I thought this was about an Oedipal Complex, but it is just a guy who likes an older prostitute.
Oh, I'll make you pay
Make you go all the way.
Oh, make the pain
Make it go away.
Oh, Nate the Great
Oh, make the pain
Oh, make the cake
Oh, make the pain
Return from the ashes, you whore
Return from the ashes you call
So now, I see through your lies
(Later)
Every little thing you said and did was wrong for me
(Later)
But now, I shouldn't know why, why you were misunderstood
So now, I see through your eyes
(Later)
Every little thing you said and did was right for me
(Later)
But now, I'm sure I know why, why you were misunderstood
We're done after all
We're damned after all
Well Mother was the warden to my legs and to my tongue
Well Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue
Well mother must've walked into my legs and to my tongue
Well mother what the war did to my legs and to my tongue
Well mother walk the wall between my legs and to my tounge
Well mother what the war did to my legs and to my tounge
she really did think that was what it said.
Well mother was the warding to my legs and to my toe
Well mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue.
When our brothers and arms are gone
When our brothers in arms are gone
You made it sound so famous
You made us oh so famous
You whisper, you preachy mama
You listen, you teach me, mama